neighbourhood in Schagen
Waarland (woonkern)
2,165 residents · postal code 1738 · Part of Waarland, Schagen
Everything for children close by, and little room
The nearest restaurant is three kilometres from Waarland (woonkern) and the station over eight, while the supermarket, the GP and the primary school are all three within seven hundred metres. That gap explains the 6.9 for amenities: the daily things are close, everything you need for an evening out or a journey is not.
The 6.3 for safety sits next to a crime total that stays well below the national median. The reason lies in the types: criminal damage here runs at nearly double the national level and burglary at more than two and a half times it, while violence and theft stay below. Few registrations do not tell the whole story.
The 5.3 for quiet & nature fits over two thousand residents to the square kilometre and a noise level below the national middle, but is held down by a tree canopy at not even two thirds of the median and no water at all.
The wealth & income figures deviate sharply from the national picture on no component at all.
- no. 6,264 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 27 of 72 in Schagen
How Waarland (woonkern) scores
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Is Waarland (woonkern) a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Waarland (woonkern) comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Waarland (woonkern) is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 38 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
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The figures ⌄Amenities
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Wealth & income
What the homes are worth, what residents earn and how many homes stand empty. It describes the area, not the people living in it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Not part of the grade: air quality varies mostly between regions, barely between neighbourhoods within one municipality. WHO guideline: 5 µg/m³. Calculated annual mean, RIVM 2024.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
The age profile of Waarland (woonkern) looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1517%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4523%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
NL median 28%
- 65+23%
NL median 22%
Share of residents per age group (CBS, 2025). All five bars share one scale, so their lengths can be compared with each other.
Average household size
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
32% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
36% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,115 — less densely populated than average
NL median 2,364
Tick = Dutch median. Households with children counts towards Families, population density towards Quiet & nature; the other figures here get no grade.
Frequently asked questions
Is Waarland (woonkern) a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Waarland (woonkern) comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Waarland (woonkern) is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Waarland (woonkern)?
In Waarland (woonkern) the police recorded 38 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (15 per 1,000) is not simply that count divided by the number of residents: we count residents plus workplaces, so a shopping street or station is not unfairly penalised, and for small counts we pull the figure towards the national average — otherwise a single incident would make a small neighbourhood look unsafe.
How is the grade for Waarland (woonkern) calculated?
Waarland (woonkern) scores 6.4 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh five equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income, quiet & nature and families — and see where Waarland (woonkern) lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the five grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.
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Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Schagen.
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